The issue is not whether or not Trump is above the law. Its about whether he can get away with flagrantly disregarding it. And that will depend on whether the Republican majorities in Congress, the Courts and the States feel they have something to gain or lose by his staying or leaving.

They blocked debate on Obama's Supreme Court nominee, they have sabotaged Democratic legislation, ramrodded their own through the system, and created their own propaganda machine and alternate reality; they are obviously capable of anything. The question is whether or not they can decide on what they want to do. The Republicans are divided, at war against themselves as to how to react: the Bosses vs the Deplorables. The Democrats will be too weak, too confused and too chickenshit to do anything at all. There is some possibility some peripheral force, such as the military or the intelligence services will try to intervene, but I wouldn't count on that.

If Trump fires Mueller when Congress is in recess, or if he issues blanket pardons for any indictments coming out of Mueller's office, it may precipitate a constitutional crisis, or to put it bluntly, a coup. I believe that we might also suffer massive simultaneous cyber-attacks from N Korea, China and Russia as they rush to exploit and assist the resulting instability.

The TParty and the Libertarians wanted to drastically reduce the size and influence of government. They might just get their wish. Moveon's talk of civil protest in the streets are just fantasy. It will be opposing mobs, and they will be racially segregated--and armed with automatic weapons.

Maybe this isn't so much about

Street Fighting Man

as it is

Gimme Shelter

Woop woo.